made up the second largest group of jihadists aim the world right after saudi arabia so analysts say the support for this very diverse group which is the libyan rebels could backfire but washington doesn't seem to care as long as they have someone in the way they are empowered to deal with dr franklin lamb of the americans a concern for middle east peace organization says the recognition of the rebels could be just another example of the u.s. dangerously misjudging an ally but a lot of questions about who these different factions who are arguably now fighting among themselves for power in the in the east what will ultimately be their relationship with the americans who have a long history you know of misjudging their allies and getting themselves involved but i think all of this is because nato cannot accept or afford a defeat nor can the white house so they're using the new stumble conference to mock some eyes mock some eyes pressure on the khadafy government political

cartoonist and the pulitzer prize a finalist ted rall thinks the u.s. decision to recognize the rebels as the country's true leaders is bizarre because no one really knows who they are. this is really a radical shift from an international standpoint the united states usually doesn't extend diplomatic recognition to it a regime that is not in the capital that isn't in power and doesn't even seem likely to be able to achieve power anytime soon but you can look at the situation in afghanistan during the one nine hundred ninety six to two thousand and one civil conflict there between the taleban in the northern alliance the northern alliance were the former regime that had power in kabul and enjoyed diplomatic relations with the west even though the taleban controlled ninety five percent of the country it's almost just wishful thinking and frankly if i were a diplomat i would find it disturbing it's a bizarre situation i mean if the u.s. knows who these people are they're not seeing and certainly there's no doubt that

traditionally there's always been a very high component of jihad these days even around benghazi so it's unrealistic to assume that that is not still the case the u.s. has an amazing how it should be skids full of hundred dollar bills to third world countries and expecting them to end up in the right hands and really going to happen of course you are with our team and still to come this hour when passing by becomes a crime. the captains of the two boats which were at the side of the volga river cruiser disaster but didn't stop to help are facing arrest. italy has approved a tough austerity budget and debt of hurting a full scale financial crisis the country's national debt is the second highest in the eurozone but too big to bail out if it ran aground cardiff university economics professor patrick men for it says the e.u. countries are heading for default as

a wealthier nations no longer want to pay for the costly rescue of others. their heroes rich countries like germany and france particularly germany are not really willing to pay the bill. for the. countries like greece and portugal and then if the risk of the default is seen as rising in the bigger countries like spain and italy even less are they able to pay the costs of the debt servicing that's needed and so there's no bailout really impressed by these rich northern countries and therefore the other countries have to think of some way of getting by and that's going to be default there was never any question that one of the reasons why it might be in germany's interest to bail out greece is that it's if it doesn't it's going to have a banking crisis of its own and will have to bailout its own banks but i think that the judgment of the taxpayer is they'd rather bail out their own buying if they

have to then keep on giving money to greeks who may never get to give it back to them and on the other side of the atlantic president obama has warned that the u.s. is running out of time to deal with its debt crisis economics analyst dr roger van hungrier says that american politicians are not able to articulate solutions to the country's deficit. there's a personality conflict between the majority leader and the president which is quite unique and this has been taken into the public avenue of discussion once that happens and trust is lost between leaders it's far more difficult to secure an agreement behind the scenes if you cut spending you're going to also impede economic growth because the government is one of the largest employers if you bring troops home and stop the wars you also have a problem with employment as the servicemen and women come home these are classic economic problem problems what's required in the u.s. is a drastic program of infrastructure development and public jobs to guarantee wages

and non interest loans for average americans if italy defaults for instance in europe it will be impossible for northern europe to bail out italy that will take the u.s. over if the dollar significantly loses value when the u.s. is unable to help europe that will in turn take the u.s. down the japanese no more have do not have sufficient liquidity to help this time around as they did in two thousand and eight the euro is intrinsically weak one is not a competitor for the dollar the ruble stands to be fairly stable given russia standing the major energy to be sure natural resource giant on the world scene so the ruble should remain relatively stable the dollar however has nothing to go down against except the prank and if you look at the dollar in the frying that monetary relationship is an all time low and that portends trouble for the future the best two currencies probably other norwegian krone and this is frank at this point gold

is over traded and as we saw in two thousand and eight there can be a paradoxical drop in the price of gold during a market market crisis so banking on gold is a highly risky proposition. media mogul rupert murdoch has apologized to the family of a murdered british school girl whose mobile phone was hacked by one of his newspapers after she'd been killed the revelations that led to his shutting of the news of the world the u.k.'s biggest circulation paper the apology came at the same day as of the eventual resignation of rebecca brooks the chief executive of murdoch's a british newspaper group who'd edited the newspaper at the time he had it refused to accept her departure as the scandal broke but his position has changed as the shock waves have continued to rock his media empire undermining investor confidence brooks is due to appear before a u.k. parliamentary committee next tuesday along with murdoch and his son james to face a grilling by m.p.'s but as our g.'s reports the affair could mean massive changes

for britain's media and its relationship with politicians i put every media outlet in town t.v. radio even the sky writers when art imitates life the long running simpsons takes a shot at its own no rupert murdoch aka montgomery burns in an episode broadcast apparently coincidentally this week. but it's not the only old piece of timing in the extraordinary phone hacking case that seems to get more scandalous every day the list of something like four thousand names which the police have had since about two thousand and four two thousand and five and yet they promise facie evidence of criminal activity by these individuals and boy by the murdoch empire and yet they have not acted on it so why now just as the

murdoch deal to take control of satellite t.v. giant b. sky b. look sure to go ahead his arch rival the guardian newspaper releases catastrophic allegations of. amoral journalists and their shady practices that when the deal collapses the times for example which currently loses money you could have transferred some of the profits from. investing in the times and if you are for example the guardian or the daily telegraph you would welcome that it's not just rival newspapers who stand to gain from murdoch's empire crumbling the b.b.c. could retake t.v. territory lost to b. sky b. and the labor party which was wounded by years of relentless attacks by murdoch papers can finally take revenge but where will all this lead be.

you know. that would suit the government just fine the british press is famous for its sharp teeth and no holds barred doggedness particularly where its own government is concerned prime minister david cameron has all but shut down the press complaints commission and already talks of statutory controls to govern print journalists back in springfield mr burns is to water it as the townspeople open up their own newspaper and he's almost right we. can truly the media. rupert murdoch. murdoch found as did mr burns that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he looks set to consolidate control over a launch section of the e.u. case media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the

hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for years. and you can check out. dot com to have your say over whether the tabloids behavior can be justified here's how the online voting is going so far more than half of those responding to our poll believe the press must be punished for such an ethical tactics almost twenty percent believe that such an approach is fine as long as it doesn't cross the line a similar number think the tabloids are simply responding to public demand the remainder say the trend it mirrors a move by society towards a less privacy go to our t.v. dot com to have your say. the search for bodies inside the wreck of the cruiser blog area which sank in minutes last sunday on russia's volga river is being scaled down out of two hundred people who are on board one hundred fourteen have been confirmed dead and officially identified while fifteen remain missing it's plans to

lift of the vessel from the riverbed in the coming days so far two people have been arrested in connection with the disaster the head of the company which operated the boat and the inspector who certified it faced charges of negligence that led to the deaths arrest warrants have also been issued for the captains of two cargo vessels which passed by the sinking ship without stopping to help the captain of the ship that i did come to the rescue said it was a dreadful scene. and as we were nearing the science we began to figure out how many people there were in the water because although that was hard to do because there was a lot of rubble floating around as well it was very hard to pick i did a visual people from the floating debris some people were in a dreadful condition many were injured they had oil all over their skin because when the ship sank the fuel oil came up to the surface and spread everywhere and covered. the rescue even harder because the oil made the victims greasy it's hard to get a hold of to pull them on board seeing children and not condition it was particularly

heartbreaking. and you can watch that full interview with the captain who many in russia are calling a hero on our website r t v dot com. a brief look at some other international news and now in our world update at least seven people are reported to have been killed across syria during the biggest protests since the uprising began in march activists and witnesses said police used tear gas to disperse a twenty thousand strong crowd in damascus the day was dubbed the friday of freedom prisoners in honor of those jailed during months of protests against president bashar assad opposition groups say a government crackdown on dissent has already killed some one thousand six hundred people. hundreds of firefighters helped by five planes have been tackling huge forest fires on the croatian island of broadchurch heat wave temperatures reaching

up to forty five degrees celcius are to blame around two hundred people have been evacuated with dozens of farms destroyed. meanwhile a rather different type of fire was raging in mexico with the largest marijuana plantation ever discovered there going up in smoke military officials could scarcely contain their glee an ounce invaded torched the one hundred twenty had tear pot plot four times bigger than the previous biggest found in one thousand nine hundred eighty four a sophisticated irrigation system allowed the cultivation of massive plants with thousands of reaching as high as two point five meters tall officials say traffickers could have harvested about one hundred twenty tons of marijuana at the facility worth about one hundred sixty million u.s. dollars i'll be back with a summary of our top stories in about ten minutes time next though a romantic tour of russia's northern capital.

hello and welcome to the program i was at the show from same kid is back we'll be exploring that celeste allows the never river i'm very small to transport also

known as the venice of the north the waterways of the focal points of the city of joy in the summer months are great way to see the full of so. many of simply displaced churches cathedrals museums are visible from the altar the canal trip of the stone to staying in the city may be an ideal way of deciding to join it visit. piece of the great grand vision of the city was to create a window to your. promise one piece scarcely populated reaching the area became a fine european capital. spend another expensive construction of lavish passes on the banks of the countless channels cutting through the city such great architects as for straight on through the house bring the dream to life centuries later as you can see on this map of modern day st petersburg the waterways and bridges still dominates the capital perched on the banks of the never river. i can see how the city is set up in very spot crisscrossed by canals. and really create

a spell atmosphere like the venice of the north as they cost and i think it's just amazing you can take a party boat down the river and they can all spend the night time it's free nice and if you want to pay a little bit more to do something more special you can actually order about for itself just for your friends and scud there and eat and drink and have a good time it's absolutely a reseller pushing for their guts watch. a lot of. places. to sit and. look out for. the winter canals one of the most poetic coolest old st petersburg it was described to alexander pushkin's famous queen of spades mobile and is a popular meeting place for lovers the area is especially lovely when seen from the water when you sell in a boat to casa look on the beach boat march two frames that want to come out

magnificent like something movie sets. moving to an explication and out of sight seeing standing on your feet consuming take it's cool circus plus preacher temperature spot complete complex is in russia. opens in two thousand and eight it brings a new concept in five star hotels to the very center of st petersburg just a few steps from the river palace square and the hermitage popular with locals and visitors this is a she one therapy it's it's best whether you're here to help or simply to relax the pool with its various hydrotherapy jets is simply to find. some to also post a number of sources turkish russian or finnish combined dr steen a west era piece has even seen the room to shock. senseis.

it's a maritime color experience. is located near complete often taken for a pirate ship instead the wooden ship is the perfect place to relax. with a top floor restaurant and. the venue is popular with large groups and after all your enjoyment. in the gym. can give you

a make over. so what other water theme places can you visit in st petersburg one of the historical symbols of russia's military fleet has been turned into a museum and stands proudly anchored to the city's central embankment. is one of the associated with the revolution of nine hundred seventeen another warship is visited by thousands of tourists every year. it seems in with the first to raise the red flag on the ship standing for the bullshit power of the cruise itself has witnessed many battles before. the ships of the baltic fleet. when the weather was hot and sunny there are many places in the city where you can enjoy beach downtown st petersburg some bathing. the famous pizza fortress is a popular destination for those who are craving some somebody's beach time it's not

. a place to enjoy. life in the beautiful historical surroundings. tractions in the city especially during the white night period. there are around twenty bridges across the river the show raised during the night to get ships on cruise line is. spectacular for thrilling views especially true for tourists is a must see. must remember the times when the bridges or otherwise could be stuck on a different side of the city. the white nights period is the perfect time to desert the encounter so you can

stroll along the rivers lakes at night enjoying the twilight in the buildings reflecting in the controls and the it's always wonderful there's something magical about the city. to discuss the magic of symptoms but let's meet the streets just. beneath you. three is. the summer and the first exactly injuries cities like everybody everybody is on their own. it's. everybody's. you know make the city. really what makes sense. that is us and our friends i have also read this quieter than you holland here as really popular like on the one hand it's quite

a kind of historic postop on the other hand it's like going to the sound i mean when they're not preached the great how tens of thousands of soldiers you know build all the canals and waterways in the city what you think his what's been his purpose was his purpose they were as a quest to make a piece of rationale like being a piece of europe and a sense he just virgie's i guess that then was terry being placed here i mean i think you can walk around some parts of the city and it looks like paris or you know you could be in most cities you know they're down with something like that but they also join the summer you know a boat trip is a fantastic way to see parts of st petersburg not just in the city but you've got you've got these walls as well and you've got you know actual tour of the fortress behind those yale fires and like i guess that this is their kind of story stick speciality or something just very when you're trying to see this t.v. from the water and like almost the whole city from that was there yet it's not like maybe in budapest or in paris somewhere in the you can see there like the center and in other places you will see like every meal tents and so on but yet everywhere

if you do it by by boat by ferry you will see amazing amazing pieces of architecture and like are everywhere and it seems well that there are some sports that take place on the river as well there are the different boats you believe in swimmers was close enough for us and and they're like that and the perfect point is that you can do it like in bay city chest and they seem to you can reach it by metro and that's it you don't have to have a you know it to be put to always somewhere just half an hour or even in the heart of the seating and that's what race you can do it is great with mason was there recently you enjoy your time here and said this is about being. my final stop with the right time team but many of the piece from peatross i want to bet you went to the city in a private speedboat we. never get you to come out so you two ways on the boat you see the city. from the best angles originally there were no bridges crossing the mighty never refer to the house mystery between firing spy posts for the main

reasons why some petersburg was given the name of venice off in the. wild this is just brilliant and the architecture here in st petersburg is justified and you can see the lovely her behind us but he found say a private boat so while there are various companies in the city to offer trips around the never river on the canals the size of both want to depend on the party size charge by the hour many will include a guided tour. to st petersburg wants an incredible city during the spectacular architecture museums stunning history and all reflecting in the shopping mall says if we do it is like something out of the fairy tale. having survived a tumultuous history and having changed name several times it really is a cold city of growth and development things here particularly getting better and with around full house and outstanding individual monuments of architecture

history and culture no wonder rush is window to the west remains one of the world's most peaceful locations. while that we have and that's all the time we have on this space travel about the peaceful waterways i'll say he does but i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the crew chaps from now.

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headlines from around the world right here live. over thirty eight countries including the u.s. have officially recognized. the governing authority. group. meeting to discuss the future of the conflict. financial crisis while in the u.s. lawmakers are running out of time to deal with. the head of rupert murdoch's british operations and a former editor of the news of the world. has finally resigned over the phone

hacking scandal engulfing the murdoch's media empire there's a growing belief that the affair could mark the biggest shake up in the british media for decades during which murdoch enjoyed power and political influence. one of russia's greatest living poets whose work is also famed for its role in a new awakening in the soviet union after stalin hear his views next on modern culture and poetry in our interview show spotlight right here on our.

hello again welcome to. the show think. he's one of the most notable star of the sixty's a time. many of us versus what i read to people had been fed propaganda. no you spend so much of his time training in the united states what is the culture here about it from the poet himself to. one of the most well known contemporary russian poets the world's best universities welcomes the lecturing poets. but every year on his birthday. to moscow. from the stage of of one.